Discovery of new cargo proteins that enter cells through clathrin-independent endocytosis.

TRE 17 / USP 6 regulates ubiquitination and trafficking of cargo proteins that enter cells by clathrin - independent endocytosis

TRE17/USP6 regulates ubiquitylation and trafficking of cargo proteins that enter cells by clathrin-independent endocytosis.

Plasma membrane proteins that enter cells by clathrin-independent endocytosis (CIE) are sorted either to lysosomes for degradation or recycled back to the plasma membrane. Expression of some MARCH E3 ubiquitin ligases promotes trafficking of CIE cargo proteins to lysosomes by ubiquitylating the proteins. Here, we show that co-expression of the ubiquitin-specific protease TRE17/USP6 counteracts ...

MARCH ubiquitin ligases alter the itinerary of clathrin-independent cargo from recycling to degradation

Following endocytosis, internalized plasma membrane proteins can be recycled back to the cell surface or trafficked to late endosomes/lysosomes for degradation. Here we report on the trafficking of multiple proteins that enter cells by clathrin-independent endocytosis (CIE) and determine that a set of proteins (CD44, CD98, and CD147) found primarily in recycling tubules largely failed to reach ...

Microtubule-dependent endosomal sorting of clathrin-independent cargo by Hook1

Many plasma membrane (PM) proteins enter cells nonselectively through clathrin-independent endocytosis (CIE). Here, we present evidence that cytoplasmic sequences in three CIE cargo proteins-CD44, CD98, and CD147-were responsible for the rapid sorting of these proteins into endosomal tubules away from endosomes associated with early endosomal antigen 1 (EEA1). We found that Hook1, a microtubule...

Cargo Takes Control of Endocytosis

Clathrin-mediated endocytosis is a major route for diverse cargo to enter the cellular endocytic pathway. New findings by Puthenveedu and von Zastrow (2006) suggest that certain cargo proteins, such as G protein coupled receptors that bind to PDZ domains, regulate their own targeting to a subset of clathrin-coated pits. Thus, cargo proteins may cause functional specialization of vesicle traffic...